63Payments of under-tenant or lodger to superior landlord

63 Payments of under-tenant or lodger to superior landlord

(1)  For the purposes of the recovery of any sums payable by an under-tenant or lodger to a superior landlord under –

(a) any such undertaking as aforesaid; or

(b) a notice served in accordance with section 65 –

the under-tenant or lodger shall be deemed to be the immediate tenant of the superior landlord, and the sums payable shall be deemed to be rent.

(2)  Where the under-tenant or lodger has, in pursuance of any such undertaking or notice as aforesaid, paid any sums to the superior landlord, he may deduct the amount thereof from any rent due or which may become due from him to his immediate landlord, and in that case such immediate landlord may make the like deductions from any rent due or which may become due from him to his immediate landlord, if any.